netdev - Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/3] gtp: refactor to support flow-based gtp encap and decap

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Date:   Fri, 14 Jul 2017 10:03:16 +0200
From:   Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>
To:     Jiannan Ouyang <ouyangj@...com>
Cc:     "osmocom-net-gprs@...ts.osmocom.org" 
        <osmocom-net-gprs@...ts.osmocom.org>,
        "netdev@...r.kernel.org" <netdev@...r.kernel.org>,
        "dev@...nvswitch.org" <dev@...nvswitch.org>,
        "pablo@...filter.org" <pablo@...filter.org>,
        "pshelar@...ira.com" <pshelar@...ira.com>,
        "wieger.ijntema.tno@...il.com" <wieger.ijntema.tno@...il.com>,
        "yi.y.yang@...el.com" <yi.y.yang@...el.com>,
        "joe@....org" <joe@....org>,
        Amar Padmanabhan <amarpadmanabhan@...com>
Subject: Re: [PATCH net-next v1 1/3] gtp: refactor to support flow-based gtp
 encap and decap

Hi Jiannan,

 
> > >   gtp = netdev_priv(dev);
> > > + gtp->net = src_net;
> >·
> > Isn't this a generic change that's independent of your work on OVS GTP?
> 
> It is meant to be OVS independent. What makes it not? Should I leave 
> this field un-initialized?

In general, in all FOSS projects I have worked (and particularly the
Linux kernel), it is a strict rule that any given patch adresses only
one logical change.  So if your change is for flow-based "OVS" support
in the GTP code, and the "gtp->net = src_net" is a generic change (and
not something specifically required by flow/OVS) then it should be a
separate patch.  Similarly to the cosmetic changes which should be a
separate patch.

-- 
- Harald Welte <laforge@...monks.org>           http://laforge.gnumonks.org/
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